Preface Chapter 1: Who Runs Edinburgh? Studying Power From City to State and beyond The Ecology of Games Who governs this place? Getting at Who Governs Edinburgh Games A Tale of Two Cities Tackling the question Conclusion Chapter 2: Politics in Edinburgh The rise and fall of political parochialism Early 20th Century municipal politics Inter-War Municipal Politics Post-war politics The political economy of Edinburgh People of property Segregation in Edinburgh Conclusion Chapter 3: Winners and Losers: The Political Economy of Edinburgh Edinburgh Castes Edinburgh Today The Transformation of Edinburgh Abercrombie''s Edinburgh Twenty Years On Edinburgh: City of Money Conclusion Chapter 4: Treading Angels: Edinburgh and its Festivals Branding Place Festival Dreaming The Fringe on Top Whose Festival is it anyway? Keeping the show on the road He who pays the piper Regime change Supporting Casts and Noises Off ''Up a winding staircase'' Conclusion Chapter 5: Are You One of Us? Status in the City The social worlds of Edinburgh The world of clubs Elites in Edinburgh In the Company of Merchants A Club of One''s Own Does the New Club matter? What are clubs for? Changing Members Anecdotage The politics of the New Club Conclusion: knowing who your friends are Chapter 6: What school did you go to? Education and Status in Edinburgh Paying the fees Eton of the North Day Schools Educating ladies Attacking Fees: the end of grant-aid Going Independent Documenting schools What''s the Pay-Off? An Edinburgh ruling caste? Conclusion Chapter 7: Enlightened City: Cultural Power and University Life Understanding the Tounis College The making of a university The university versus the city Whose university is it anyway? The Englishing of Scotland? City of Enlightenment Professional Edinburgh Conclusion Chapter 8: Developing Edinburgh: Pies in the Sky, Holes in the Ground City as Growth Machine Out on the Edge Edinburgh Park The BioQuarter Shawfair Downtown Developments: There Shall be a Scottish Parliament What''s in a Name? from St James Centre to Edinburgh St James Caltongate (No More) Back to the Periphery: The Waterfront What''s in it, and for whom? Conclusion: Whose city is it anyway? Chapter 9: Lost in Leith: Accounting for Edinburgh''s Trams Trams: ancient and modern Reinventing Trams ''Not our project'': governing trams The Council and the Trams The Blame Game Trams and agencement Trams as mega-project State outsourcing The Calculable City Infrastructural Redemption: On to Newhaven Conclusion: ticket to ride Chapter 10: Does Anyone Really Run Edinburgh? Ecology of Games Presenting Edinburgh Imaginary city A Governing They? Power and politics Schooling and Status Performing Edinburgh Eroding Power The Decline of Money Space and Place Spreading Power Reading the Papers Education and status Edinburgh Others Female Edinburgh Working class city City of Incomers So does anyone run Edinburgh? Open for business Conclusion: smoke and mirrors Bibliography.